THE STORY OF HAGAR AND ISHMAEL “After the great flood the family of Noah and those who came after him grew in number, until, as the years went on, the earth began to be full of people once more. But there was one great difference between the people who had lived before the flood and…

From Adam unto Noah’s flood are years 1656. From Adam unto Christ, are 3974 years, six months, The following record is from Houston Christian University The Lineage of Jesus For when Adam was 130 years old he begat Seth. Seth being 105 years, begat Enos. Enos, being 90 years, begat Cainan. Cainan, being 70 years,…

The Testing of Abraham Painted by Fritz von Uhde ABRAHAM’S LOYALTY TO GOD Later Jehovah tested Abraham, saying to him, “Abraham”; and he answered, “Here am I.” Jehovah said, “Take your son, your only son Isaac… {A reminder: Abraham had another son, Ishmael, but Ishmael was not born out of his marriage to Sarah]  …

THE BANISHMENT OF HAGAR, BY GUERCINO IN THE BRERA, MILAN  Hagar and Ishmael Genesis 16 16 Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children. But she had an Egyptian slave named Hagar;2 so she said to Abram, “The Lord has kept me from having children. Go, sleep with my slave; perhaps I can build a family through her.” Abram agreed to what…

According to the Hebrew Bible, Lot was born to Haran, who died in Ur of the Chaldees. Terah, Lot’s grandfather, took Abram (later called Abraham), Lot, and Sarai (later called Sarah) to go into Canaan. They settled at the site called Haran, where Terah died. Wikipedia To fully grasp the story of Lot, you should look at…

ABRAHAM, THE FRIEND OF GOD AND MAN The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham and Japheth. Terah, a descendant of Shem, was the father of Abraham, Nahor and Haran; and Haran was the father of Lot. Jehovah said to Abraham, “Go from your country, your relatives, and your father’s…

Building the Tower of Babel Painted by J. James Tissot THE STORY OF THE TOWER OF BABEL All the people of the earth spoke one language; and as they travelled westward, they found a broad valley in the land of Babylonia, and made their home there. Then they said one to another, “Come, let us…

ENTERING THE ARK. THE FLOOD. A great many years after Cain killed Abel—over a thousand perhaps—the people had grown to be so very wicked that God made up his mind to destroy them by a great flood. But there was one good old man Noah, whom God loved. So He had him build a huge…

CAIN AND HIS BROTHER ABEL Adam named his wife Eve, because she was the mother of all living beings. She had two sons, Cain and Abel. Abel was a shepherd, but Cain was a farmer. One day Cain brought, as an offering to Jehovah, some fruit and grain that he had grown. Abel, too, brought…

Adam and Eve were very happy, for they had never done anything wrong. God gave them a beautiful wide garden, called Eden, full of flowers and all kinds of fruit, and with a river flowing through it, and told Adam to take care of the garden, and He sent all the animals and birds to…